There has been a new article or blog post on Wine Berserkers titled ‘Napa Wine Producer Ernest Van Asperen Dies at 96’ by Berry Crawford
Click http://wineberserkers.com/content/?p=1062 to view the entire article. The full text is also incuded below.
Wine Spectator has a news item on the passing of Ernest Van Asperen:
In a wine career that spanned more than five decades, Ernest “Ernie” Van Asperen blazed his own trail. He was involved in all aspects of the industry, and his résumé read vintner, retailer, négociant and restaurateur. Van Asperen was an avid flyer and a World War II veteran who commanded a B-24 bomber flying sorties over Germany and Italy. But it was wine that captured his imagination, and he spent much of his adult life in Napa Valley as a vintner. He died Feb. 11 at the age of 96.
Click here to read the article.
\
Link to article: http://wineberserkers.com/content/?p=1062